Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-21
000124696
Contested design: 001354252-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the registered Community design No 001354252-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001354252-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Association GYIvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
78, allée Primavera Centre Ubidoca 20837, 74370 Annecy, Frankreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SOG®Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
In der Mark 2, 56332 Loef, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
SOG logo shown on archived website screenshots
http://www.sog-dahmann.de via web.archive.org · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2006-04-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on archived screenshots of the same SOG logo shown on the holder's website before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the request was insufficiently substantiated, the screenshots did not clearly identify the earlier design, and the earlier logo was not identical to the contested design.
- ›The Division held the web evidence sufficiently identified the earlier logo and proved disclosure through the Internet Archive before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Comparing only the protected features of the contested design, the Division found only immaterial tonal differences and concluded the contested design lacked novelty.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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